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    OPINION: It’s time to rekindle the spirit of Stockholm 1972

    Tue, 31 May 2022 06:42 AM

    Advocates for urban and natural sustainability should remember that the landmark environmental conference expected them to work together

  2. impact-story

    Protecting the labour rights of Mexican domestic workers during COVID-19

    Thu, 16 Jun 2022 12:37 PM

    The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the longstanding challenges faced by domestic workers around the world, threatening both their earnings and well-being. To help Jalisco’s domestic workers deal with these challenges, Parvada Estrategias Comunitarias, a women-led non-profit in Mexico, decided to create a step-by-step legal manual to train them about their labour rights. TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s pro bono service, connected the Mexican non-profit with Hogan Lovells Mexico to develop a manual that explains domestic workers the situations in which they could file a claim, what evidence they might need, and the different steps of an employment dispute they should consider.

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    'We have the power': Poles march for LGBTQ+ rights in Gdansk

    Mon, 30 May 2022 10:09 AM

    LGBTQ+ rights are a highly divisive issue in predominantly Catholic Poland, with the country's ruling nationalists making the issue a key plank of election campaigns in recent years

  4. article

    From baristas to inspectors: Singapore's robot workforce plugs labour gaps

    Mon, 30 May 2022 09:59 AM

    As Singapore's foreign workforce dropped during the pandemic, businesses have increasingly turned to robots to help

  5. article

    Evicted villagers pay a high price for India's hydropower push

    Mon, 30 May 2022 07:27 AM

    India is backing more hydroelectric plants to meet clean energy goals, but locals and environmentalists say projects are destroying communities and forests in the Himalayas

  6. article

    Cameroon slashes taxes to tap its solar power potential

    Sun, 29 May 2022 14:02 PM

    With its hydroelectric plants hobbled by drought, the country is courting investors to grow a more stable solar energy supply

  7. article

    What is ESG and does it make financial sense for businesses?

    Fri, 27 May 2022 08:48 AM

    Ethical investing, which weighs up companies' commitment to environmental, social and governance issues - or ESG - has become one of the fastest growing areas of finance

  8. article

    U.S. confirms 9 monkeypox cases in 7 states

    Mon, 6 Jun 2022 14:06 PM

    All of the U.S. cases "are within gay, bisexual men and other men who have sex with men," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said in a news briefing, urging an approach that is "guided by science, not by stigma."

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    U.S. cities swap dead trees for new in circular economy for forests

    Fri, 27 May 2022 15:45 PM

    U.S. cities lose about 36 million trees per year. Now, some are looking to sell them as timber to fund new planting

  10. article

    S.Africa needs $250 bln over three decades for clean energy transition

    Thu, 26 May 2022 12:59 PM

    Besides building up renewables, funding is also required for gas plants, energy flexibility, new transmission lines and ensuring coal workers whose jobs are threatened will be reskilled, says report

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